The four major U.S. sales companies – Barretts, Fasig-Tipton, Keeneland, and the Ocala Breeders’ Sales – have issued a set of uniform policies that will govern medication, prohibited practices, riding...
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The Keeneland January horses of all ages sale is a barometer of, well, nothing. Most years, that is. Unless there is a major dispersal or unless the odd high-priced broodmare or two end up in the January...
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Handicapping is an integral part of the Thoroughbred game, a cerebral exercise that involves time and patience, skill and luck, risk-taking and rewards. But the ultimate handicapping is not done by those...
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So you may be asking why embeded this video of a crazy guy walking a tight rope, or " slacklining " as we call it in climbing. It is pretty simple... we're hurting as an industry. We are bruised and have...
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It takes only a minute or two to sell a horse at public auction. The animal is led into the ring, the announcer makes a few comments, the auctioneer rattles his chant, and the hammer falls. Simple. Easy...
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Disaster. Brutal. Blood bath. Just a few of the many descriptive words being used by breeders to describe the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, which at this writing still had a week to run. In light...
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A Blissful Kiss: Driving to Keeneland from a previous evening in Louisville was quite an adventure Sunday. I did make it to Keeneland in time for race 7 finally, in time to see the jockeys load and hear...
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They say actions speak louder than words. The public is taking action by wagering less on horse racing. And those actions are speaking loudly. Data released for the third quarter of 2008 reveals that handle...
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With Dreaming of Anna being retired, I thought she deserved something special. I am a big fan of her's but my co-worker Amidala is quite possibly her number one fan. So I asked Amidala to write a guest...
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Courtesy of Patrick Patten I play the lotto not because it is the worst odds imaginable, not because I don't realize it's a "stupid" tax, but it allows me to write these dreams out like I really have a...
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